Handmade translucent porcelain bowls using balloons, Antoinette

9/28/2019

Tips: How to use balloons for translucent handmade porcelain bowls

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Sculpting with porcelain is possible if you understand the character of the clay. Antoinette Badenhorst, ceramic artist from Mississippi uses different techniques to build her porcelain sculptures. Balloons are one of the techniques.

She demonstrates in this video how to use a balloon to make a translucent porcelain bowl that can be used as part of a bigger handmade project. She shows in the video that the balloon shaped bowl may also be used as part of a porcelain dinner set. The size and shape of the balloon will dictate the size and shape of the bowl.

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2 Comments

Ellen Divers link

4/28/2021 09:01:28 am

These are very helpful tips! I never thought about using water to help stretch a shape over a balloon. Will give it a try :-). Thank you for sharing.

Koos Badenhorst link

4/28/2021 01:04:37 pm

Ellen, thank you for your comment. Let us know if it worked for you. We have more valuable information in our complete online classes. You may see more about the e-courses in our Online Workshops at TeachinArt.

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Tips: How to use balloons for translucent handmade porcelain bowls

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